diff --git a/tests/acceptance/Makefile b/tests/acceptance/Makefile
index 461b2e96403..5360995a7cf 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/Makefile
+++ b/tests/acceptance/Makefile
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
-##=========================  Acceptance Tests =========================#
 include ./config.mk
 
 TAGNAME ?= default
 test-env-up:
 	@cd ../.. && docker build . -q -f ./tests/acceptance/scripts/Dockerfile.build -t rke2-automated-${TAGNAME}
 
-# -d
 .PHONY: test-run
 test-run:
-	docker run  --name rke2-automated-test-${IMGNAME} -t \
+	@docker run  --name rke2-automated-test-${IMGNAME} -t \
       -e AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID="${AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID}" \
       -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY="${AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}" \
       -v ${ACCESS_KEY_LOCAL}:/go/src/github.com/rancher/rke2/tests/acceptance/modules/config/.ssh/aws_key.pem \
@@ -26,11 +24,11 @@ test-run:
                                             -expectedValueUpgradedNode "${VALUENODEUPGRADED}" -cmdHost "${CMDHOST}" -expectedValueHost "${VALUEHOST}" \
                                             -expectedValueUpgradedHost "${VALUEHOSTUPGRADED}" -installUpgradeFlag "${INSTALLTYPE}" -testCase "${TESTCASE}" \
                                             -deployWorkload "${DEPLOYWORKLOAD}"; \
-                                            -description "${DESCRIPTION}"; \
                                         elif [ "${TESTTAG}"  = "coredns" ]; then \
                                             go test -timeout=45m -v -tags=coredns ./versionbump/... -expectedValueNode "${VALUENODE}" \
                                             -expectedValueUpgradedNode "${VALUENODEUPGRADED}" -expectedValueHost "${VALUEHOST}" \
-                                            -expectedValueUpgradedHost "${VALUEHOSTUPGRADED}" -installUpgradeFlag "${INSTALLTYPE}"; \
+                                            -expectedValueUpgradedHost "${VALUEHOSTUPGRADED}" -installUpgradeFlag "${INSTALLTYPE}" -testCase "${TESTCASE}" \
+                                            -deployWorkload "${DEPLOYWORKLOAD}"; \
                                         elif [ "${TESTTAG}"  = "runc" ]; then \
                                             go test -timeout=45m -v -tags=runc ./versionbump/... \
                                             -expectedValueNode ${VALUENODE} \
@@ -93,16 +91,15 @@ test-version-runc:
 	@go test -timeout=45m -v -tags=runc ./entrypoint/versionbump/... \
 		-expectedValueNode ${VALUENODE} \
 		-expectedValueUpgradedNode ${VALUENODEUPGRADED} \
-		-installUpgradeFlag ${INSTALLTYPE} \
-
+		-installUpgradeFlag ${INSTALLTYPE}
 
 
 .PHONY: test-version-coredns
 test-version-coredns:
-	@go test -timeout=45m -v -tags=coredns ./entrypoint/versionbump/... \
+	go test -timeout=45m -v -tags=coredns ./entrypoint/versionbump/... \
 		-expectedValueHost ${VALUEHOST} \
 		-expectedValueUpgradedHost ${VALUEHOSTUPGRADED} \
-		-installUpgradeFlag ${INSTALLTYPE} \
+		-installUpgradeFlag ${INSTALLTYPE}
 
 
 .PHONY: test-version-bump
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/core/service/assert/host.go b/tests/acceptance/core/service/assert/host.go
index 85706a5803c..9cbf71aac60 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/core/service/assert/host.go
+++ b/tests/acceptance/core/service/assert/host.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func CheckComponentCmdHost(cmd string, asserts ...string) {
 			if !strings.Contains(res, assert) {
 				return fmt.Errorf("expected substring %q not found in result %q", assert, res)
 			}
-			fmt.Println("Result:", res+"Matched with assert:", assert)
+			fmt.Println("Result:", res+"\nMatched with assert:", assert)
 		}
 		return nil
 	}, "420s", "5s").Should(Succeed())
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/core/service/assert/node.go b/tests/acceptance/core/service/assert/node.go
index 4ebbbcf3928..3d19bcce86c 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/core/service/assert/node.go
+++ b/tests/acceptance/core/service/assert/node.go
@@ -63,6 +63,6 @@ func CheckComponentCmdNode(cmd, assert, ip string) {
 		}
 
 		g.Expect(res).Should(ContainSubstring(assert))
-		fmt.Println("Result:", res+"Matched with assert:", assert)
+		fmt.Println("Result:", res+"\nMatched with assert:", assert)
 	}, "420s", "3s").Should(Succeed())
 }
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/core/service/customflag/model.go b/tests/acceptance/core/service/customflag/model.go
index aab09daed6d..45b6835a961 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/core/service/customflag/model.go
+++ b/tests/acceptance/core/service/customflag/model.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ type InstallTypeValueFlag struct {
 
 // TestConfigFlag is a customflag type that can be used to parse the test case argument
 type TestConfigFlag struct {
-	TestFuncName   string
+	TestFuncName   *string
 	TestFunc       TestCaseFlagType
 	DeployWorkload bool
 }
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func (t *TestConfigFlag) Set(value string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid test case customflag format")
 	}
 
-	t.TestFuncName = parts[0]
+	t.TestFuncName = &parts[0]
 	if len(parts) > 1 {
 		deployWorkload, err := strconv.ParseBool(parts[1])
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/core/service/template/helper.go b/tests/acceptance/core/service/template/helper.go
index 50521d76129..c6282e5d614 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/core/service/template/helper.go
+++ b/tests/acceptance/core/service/template/helper.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func checkVersion(v VersionTestTemplate) error {
 		len(ips)*(len(v.TestCombination.RunOnHost)+len(v.TestCombination.RunOnNode)),
 	)
 
-	processTestCombination(errorChanList, ips, *v.TestCombination)
+	processTestCombination(errorChanList, &wg, ips, *v.TestCombination)
 
 	wg.Wait()
 	close(errorChanList)
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ func getIPs() (ips []string, err error) {
 }
 
 // GetTestCase returns the test case based on the name to be used as customflag.
-func GetTestCase(name string) (TestCase, error) {
-	if name == "" {
+func GetTestCase(name *string) (TestCase, error) {
+	if name == nil {
 		return func(deployWorkload bool) {}, nil
 	}
 
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ func GetTestCase(name string) (TestCase, error) {
 		"TestCoredns":          testcase.TestCoredns,
 	}
 
-	if test, ok := testCase[name]; ok {
+	if test, ok := testCase[*name]; ok {
 		return test, nil
+	} else {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid test case name")
 	}
-
-	return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid test case name")
 }
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/core/service/template/processor.go b/tests/acceptance/core/service/template/processor.go
index 4265a5c9a56..4fa40f9dc2b 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/core/service/template/processor.go
+++ b/tests/acceptance/core/service/template/processor.go
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ import (
 
 // processTestCombination runs the tests per ips using CmdOnNode and CmdOnHost validation
 // it will spawn a go routine per ip
-func processTestCombination(resultChan chan error, ips []string, testCombination RunCmd) {
-	var wg sync.WaitGroup
-
+func processTestCombination(resultChan chan error, wg *sync.WaitGroup, ips []string, testCombination RunCmd) {
 	for _, ip := range ips {
 		if testCombination.RunOnHost != nil {
 			for _, test := range testCombination.RunOnHost {
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/core/testcase/upgradecluster.go b/tests/acceptance/core/testcase/upgradecluster.go
index f3a7c99ddec..676efc86bf2 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/core/testcase/upgradecluster.go
+++ b/tests/acceptance/core/testcase/upgradecluster.go
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ func TestUpgradeClusterSUC(version string) error {
 	)
 	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 
-	originalFilePath := shared.BasePath() + "/fixtures/workloads" + "/upgrade-plan.yaml"
-	newFilePath := shared.BasePath() + "/fixtures/workloads" + "/plan.yaml"
+	originalFilePath := shared.BasePath() + "/acceptance/workloads" + "/upgrade-plan.yaml"
+	newFilePath := shared.BasePath() + "/acceptance/workloads" + "/plan.yaml"
 
 	content, err := os.ReadFile(originalFilePath)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/scripts/build.sh b/tests/acceptance/scripts/build.sh
index 85759015703..607ac07de44 100755
--- a/tests/acceptance/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/tests/acceptance/scripts/build.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ fi
 
 count=0
 while [[ 3 -gt $count ]]; do
-    docker build . -f tests/rke2tf/shared/scripts/Dockerfile.build -t rke2-tf-"${TRIM_JOB_NAME}""${BUILD_NUMBER}"
+    docker build . -f tests/acceptance/scripts/Dockerfile.build -t rke2-test-"${TRIM_JOB_NAME}""${BUILD_NUMBER}"
 
     if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then break; fi
     count=$(($count + 1))
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/shared/aux.go b/tests/acceptance/shared/aux.go
index eb1abb89e2d..a6d1b577d09 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/shared/aux.go
+++ b/tests/acceptance/shared/aux.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package shared
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -19,35 +18,13 @@ func RunCommandHost(cmds ...string) (string, error) {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("cmd should not be empty")
 	}
 
-	var output bytes.Buffer
+	var output, errOut bytes.Buffer
 	for _, cmd := range cmds {
 		c := exec.Command("bash", "-c", cmd)
 
-		stdoutPipe, err := c.StdoutPipe()
-		if err != nil {
-			return "", err
-		}
-		stderrPipe, err := c.StderrPipe()
-		if err != nil {
-			return "", err
-		}
-
-		err = c.Start()
-		if err != nil {
-			return "", err
-		}
-
-		_, err = io.Copy(&output, stdoutPipe)
-		if err != nil {
-			return "", err
-		}
-
-		_, err = io.Copy(&output, stderrPipe)
-		if err != nil {
-			return "", err
-		}
-
-		err = c.Wait()
+		c.Stdout = &output
+		c.Stderr = &errOut
+		err := c.Run()
 		if err != nil {
 			return output.String(), fmt.Errorf("executing command: %s: %w", cmd, err)
 		}